Applicator and cleaner



Filed July 27, 1928 [NVbN/OR -A TTORNEY V Patented June 4, 1929..

stars FLORENCE v. RALSTON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPLICATOR AND CLEANER.

Application filed July 27,

The device, the subject. of this invention, while primarily designedfor, the purpose of applying a cleaning fluid, and subsequentlycleaningthe keys or letter carrying blocks of a typewriter may be employed inits present form or in any modified construction for the application ofa cleaning fluid, and the cleaning of' any material or device. 7

The object of this invention is to provide a carrying means for thecleaning fluid, and as such cleaning fluids are usually of a fugitivenature, the provision of a carrier for the fluid, adjacent to, and incontact with the cleaning member I consider of greatest importance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device that may beinserted into a bottle, and I may, as shown provide a bottle closingmeans as a part of my construction, and another object of my inventionis to so construct the device that it may be so conditioned as tooperate with any make of typewriter or for any particular service.

All of the advantages of my invention, and the means for accomplishingthem will be fully set forth as the specification progresses.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out myinvention, and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for acomplete understanding of the specifica tion which follows In thedrawing Fig. 1, shows in elevation a deviceprior to its completion. I

Fig. 2, shows a completed device ready to be inserted into a sealingmeans.

F 3 shows a completed device.

Fig. 4, shows a side elevation of a completed device conditioned for aspecial service and Fig. 5, is a front elevation of the device as shownin Fig.4. Fig. 6, is a plan view of a modification.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

At 1, I showa twisted Wire member which as indicated may be of anydesired length and may be provided with a suspending ring or loop asshown at 21 in Fig. 1. The wire member, however, may be cut and may beinserted into the cork 3, and the cork in turn to be received into awooden top 4: which serves as a means for the ready manipulation of the1928. Serial no. 295,739.

the device is removed from thebottle, the

member 4. maybe referred to and may be con sidered as a handle. j

Twisted into the'wire member and near one end thereof, is a set ofbristles shown at 5. These bristles form a spiral brush, and the brushis what I term the cleaning member.

After the the bristles have been inserted, and the remainder of the wiremember has been twisted, a carrier member 6 is placed upon the free endof the wire member. This carrier member may be a cylinder of felt orother absorbent material.

-After the carrier member 6 is placed in position, the excess portion 7of the wire member may be cut away and thereupon the wire member is bentas shown at 8, to cause the carrier 6 to impinge upon one side of thebrush 5. j

Should it be the intention thatmy device be operated with a cork asshown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the wire member is cut to the desired lengthand is inserted into a cork such as that shown at 3, and is securedtherein by a suitable means such as cement or glue, and now the deviceis ready for ordinary use.

For cleaning the keys of some typewriters,

it is desirable that the device be bent so that it may be introducedunder the shield which is in front of the keys. I will, therefore, bendthe wire member as shown at 9 and 10 in Fig. 4 causing the brush and"carrier to project at an angle out of the parallel with the cork 3, 1

. or handle 4. In making this bend, it is desirable that the carrier andbrush be arranged upon the same horizontal plane as plainly suggested inFig. 5.

' In cleaning typewrlter keys,I employ car- This chemical is quite bontetrachloride. fugitive, i. e. it dries very quickly, therefore,

unless a carrier such as that shown at 6,-is' employed with the brush,the brush will not remain moist for a sufficient length of time toeffectively clean the surface to which it is applied. Inoperation, thecarrier wets the surface and at the same time the brush removes theforeign matter therefrom.

It will of course be understood that the device may be made of anydesired size that the elongated handle 11, as shown in Fig. 1 may beprovided andthat other modifications may be'made within the scopeof theappended.

claims Without departing fr om the principle or sacrificing theadvantages of the invention. In Fig. 6, I show a constructlon Wherem thefibrous or absorbent member is a block re-' tained byvthe bent Wire, andis not a cylinder as shown in the other figures.

Having carefully and'fully described my,

are retained by said Wire member and a carrier member arranged uponsaid-wire member and parallel With and impinging upon said bristles.

V 2. An applicator and cleaner comprising a nviaesv brush member forcleaning, and an absorbent member for applying a. cleaning mediumsimultaneously, said absorbent member and brush member being supportedadjacent each other and being adapted for coacting operation. p

3. Means for applying and utilizing a fugitive cleaning fluid comprisinga'carrier for said fluid, and adapted to spread said fluid over thesurface to be cleaned, anda brush for utilizing said fluidsimultaneously, said carrier and said brush being arranged upon the samesupportingmeans, and said carrier impinging upon one side of said brush.

FLORENCE V. RALSTON.

